Predictable Success
Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track—and Keeping It There

Ranks as one of the best business books I've read. Not that I'm an expert in evaluating business books or anything. This book had such precise, practical advice. It's definitely weighted more on the practical side than the theoretical. I would even like to re-read it, which I can't say about most bo......more

What this book may have lacked in academic theoretical background, it gained in practical insights on struggles of companies in different development phases. So many points in this book rang true to me, clarified my thoughts on the situation in my organization, and gave food for thought on solution......more

McKeown’s experience certainly lends credibility to his framework. His framework, as he describes the life cycle of businesses, is extremely helpful for analyzing what is going well and what’s going wrongly. I certainly can look back at my successes and failures and figure out where the weakness lay......more

This book talks about the stages of growth/contraction that companies tend to go through. I liked his overall paradigm for describing common things companies experience and loved how he gave specific advice on some topics. The book did a good job talking about something I'm obsessed about, finding th......more

This book concisely lays out a compelling framework for understanding the overall issues of increasing complexity as an organization grows, and provides some useful insight into resolving those issues. An excellent book for anyone suffering from the growing pains of a small company turning big, or f......more